It is always a good idea to avoid seedy streets such as Queen East, Dundas East, Sherbourne, Penbroke etc. So if you need to go from the east to downtown, the strategy is to walk along an E-W street north of Carlton, or South of Richmond (like you do) all the way to at least Church, and then...

I play tennis at Moss Park very frequently. The area is definitely not nice, but hardly dangerous. There are plenty of junkies, crazies and other white trashes (forgive my word but they all appear to be white) who urinate against walls and trees every day, but in general I never felt unsafe...

yes, Shuter, Sherbourne and Dundas East are easily the most depressing streets downtown.

The towers are fine but the podium looks bulky and typical of Toronto. At least from the rendering there is nothing interesting going on. I do wish for a Path connection! I would be a crime not to.

Maybe it is not because the existence of those buildings, but rather their conditions? I am not proud of how many of those historic buildings look on Queen and Yonge for example. An old brick building is not automatically beautiful. It is starting and there is a long way to catch. Manhattan...

You have a strong point. However, NPS is not a building. City Hall is very concrete and I am fine with it. On the other hand, NPS is a public square, which means it is a public space for people to enjoy. And unlike a building, a public square should be inviting to and liked by the people who...

The nuclear power projects I know of didn't take that much time to wait for a public hearing...

poor thing, you think Toronto will have ever a pedestrian only street? What about the sacred car-rights that is in our constitution.

I think the key is "less concrete, more something else". Does Toronto only consider concrete when it comes to building materials? The square is still a sea of drab concrete, the pavement, the walkway, the ramp, the arch, the benches, all the same. Is it because concrete is cheap and easy? And...

I think Toronto can win the games of vibrancy, safety, livability, diversity, etc., but in terms of grandeur and impressiveness, we can never match those of Chicago. People will always be more impressed by downtown Chicago than downtown Toronto, BY FAR. Chicago was a city that was built to be...

I see absolutely no difference in restaurant service in Japan, France, Spain or Argentina, because those severs are well paid, not 3$ an hour. Do you, really? People are delusional if they think the tipping practice motivates severs to provide better service.

Yes, Canada (9.43 million tons oil-equivalent) uses similar energy per capita as Norway (9.15), but I am afraid Norway is not a shining star among Nordic countries. In fact, it is far higher than any other high latitude countries in Europe. For example, Sweden: 5.43; Finland: 3.97, Denmark...

It is great these houses (they even have front yard!!) will be replace with something denser. They are not nice and probably have little historical value, judging from the pictures. Bathurst st being lined with primarily lowrise residential homes is ridiculous in the first place. Either the...

In this sense people being shut out of the single family house market is a good thing. It encourages more dense city living, less 2-3 hour commute every day. Countries like the US and Canada have several times the energy consumption of European countries, not because energy use is less...

actually 40% want some change is a big deal. A lot of those 46% probably have never been to any non-tipping countries and therefore have no idea what a different system is like. Choosing "no change" over something one is used to of course is easy.

The village will welcome a bookstore. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/07/14/famed-glad-day-bookstore-crowdfunding-move-from-yonge-st-to-gay-village.html It probably makes more sense. It is hard for small stores to survive on Yonge st nowadays, unless they are exceptionally successful.

One doesn't hear much about it because it is negotiated behind closed doors, and it is more secretive than any prior trade negotiations. I am in general against because of Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clause, which essentially says interests of big multinational corporations...

It is downtown. We don't need more low rise neighbourhood no matter how charming they can be. I don't like st Jamestown but a Cabbagetown is not the only alternative, nor is it ideal for the location.

Today's Guardian has an excellent piece on our fascinating but boring city, including some comments on Tory Great read! http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jul/04/new-toronto-most-fascinatingly-boring-city-guardian-canada-week?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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